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I wasn't aware that only a bot is allowed to create episode discussion posts. It's not in the rules.
Is there a reason for this? I don't really see why it has to go through a bot when it wasn't created automatically
I can update the sidebar this evening once I am no longer on mobile to clarify the current state of affairs. Thanks for pointing out that I can make this clearer. If you are curious as to why things are set up this way, I wrote about it during last season after asking the community for feedback.
The short version is that most people liked having the threads in this community rather than separated out like it was last year. At the same time, there was a sizeable minority that did not want to see them. So, by consolidating all the discussion threads to a single bot, it lets those users block the bot and only see the user created content they are interested in.
Currently airing show discussion threads are created by our resident bot, rikka@ani.social. If it doesn’t make a thread for an episode that you want to discuss, see the user guide on the wiki for instructions on how to request that rikka make a thread for you to use.
I didn't realise there were links in here. I only saw the names and figured the hyperlinks were broken for me. I didn't realise I had to scroll horizontally. It seems like tables are a bit broken on my lemmy client, because it's not clear at all haha.
This is what it looks like for me:
Boost for Lemmy does a good job with tables as well. Though, it fails in some other ways, like it doesn't render spoiler tags correctly, so all the stuff behind a spoiler tag is visible (kind of defeating the purpose).
What client is that? Having an open api that enables tons of third party clients can be a double-edged sword. I will update the text a bit to make it clearer there are links in the table this evening.
Development seems a bit dead unfortunately, so there are some bugs that haven't been ironed out yet from when it was forked over from Infinity for Reddit, but I can't get used to other clients... I'm not developer either so can't really help
That's the idea! Also, three clicks away if you count clicking the wiki page, choosing the season, and then the episode you want.
One thing I really wish was possible was linking a post in such a way that it is instance agnostic. So, a user on a different instance can just click the link in the table and be taken to the correct thread on their home instance. I remember seeing that this is already being discussed on the lemmy github, but not here yet. Alas...
There's weirdness with Seiyuu Radio no Uraomote: The discussion thread was dropped for today's episode 3 because ep2 last week didn't get any comments, both episode threads for episode 1 and 2 were modified today, so both episode threads say "16 hours ago" but they were actually created 7 and 14 days ago.
Alright, I think I have ID'd the issue. Basically, when a new episode thread gets made, all the past threads also get updated to reflect the new episode listed in the table of links. What is happening is that when rikka drops a series it will still go back and update all the old threads even though the content is all the same. It's not hurting anything from a functionality perspective I don't think, but it is a bunch of lemmy actions that aren't needed (especially as the lemmy ecosystem is struggling with load already). I will make sure this is on my list of improvements for the near future.
Right now it is reverse chronological based on the time that the thread was created and limited to the most recent thread for any show within the past eight days. Open to suggestions if something else makes more sense.
I have been surprised at how many shows have stuck around with 1-2 comments and hadn't expected this list to be so long. This might be something I adjust through changing the comment threshold for rikka.
Giving this some more thought, perhaps if I broke the giant table up by day? Each day could be a heading with a table under it with the episodes posted that day. I will play around with it when I get a chance.